European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Schmidt joins elite group with 30th or by Ralph Bernstein Philadelphia a Mike Schmidt did t want to talk about writing his name into the baseball record boo alongside Henry Aaron babe Ruth Jim Mic Foxx and Willie Mays. I m not getting elated by anything Schmidt said. We re in fourth  because of the Philadelphia Phillies Lack Luster record Schmidt acted As if he could t care less about becoming Only the fifth player in major league history to hit 30 or More Home runs in 11 or More seasons. Aaron did it i5 times on his Way to anal time record of 755 homers. Ruth hit 30 or More in 13 seasons Foxx did it 12 Tim Sand Mays ii. No i was t aware of it said Schmidt who hit his 30th Homer of the season monday night against the Newyork mets. I thought that happened last year. I m still in the lineup 11 i going to hit 30 Home runs. If i stay in the lineup i la do it again and maybe along the line i la do some other things. Schmidt who has hit 455 homers in 13seasons, appeared More satisfied this sea son with his comeback from one of the worst starts of his career. At the end of May he was hitting Only .189 with five homers and 15 Bis in 37 games. Many observers thought Schmidt at age 35, might be washed up. While Schmidt suffered at the plate hews also trying to come to grips with play ing first base after a dozen Yean As one of baseball s Best third basemen. Since May 22, Schmidt has hit .316,slammed 25 Home runs and batted in 70 runs. For the season he is hitting .274with 85 Bis and 81 runs scored to go with his 30 homers. And he has been Success at first committing Only four errors in 93 games. Not coincidentally the Phillies Are 51 42 in that Span. I be had a much better Streak than really Ever thought i d have Schmidt said. No i be come a Long Way this year. And i still have a ways to go. Each time Igo on the Field the game is the most in _ portent thing. I try to do what it takes Towin. And that s Why i m related to those three Guys at this Point in time Friday september 27, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 Darmstadt league opens third season of army football Appolo Phillies Mike Schmidt. Prefers winning compiled by a Tacky Fox staff writer football Darmstadt kicks off it third season of army tackle football with two games this weekend. The five scam league opens at 7  with the Darmstadt raiders play ing the Munster Mustangs at Darm Stadt s memory Field. Saturday s game is tentatively scheduled for 3 . When the Bacn Hauson thunderbolts play Host to the Darmstadt blasters. The league s fifth team the Babenhausen Falcons is scheduled to open next weekend. League commissioner Mike Dochow Craid each team will play four games then Advance to the playoffs. He s planning the Freedom bowl for the third week in no vember. A Schaffenburg the army s other football Community in Germany enters its second season at noon sunday with Graves Cavern s eagles playing Fiori Barracks dolphins. Thirty minutes after that game the 9thengineers take on the ready Barracks panthers. Commissioner Richard Flowers  four teams will Alt play six games plus the playoffs. He plans the title game forc Ither dec. 7 or 14. The German american league shifts into its semifinals sunday. The Berlin eagles play the Ansbac grizzlies at 2 30 . At Ansbach s Muni Cipal stadium. The Hinnau Hawks visit the Duessel Dorf panthers at 3 . Ansbach coach Bill Perry an army staff sergeant plans to reclaim the title the grizzlies last won in 1982. We won those it this time he says keeping in mind Ansbach lost in the 1983 and 1984finals to Dusseldorf. Perry plans on defensive backs Jerr augborn and Riley Simmons a couple of soldiers who work for him to push ans Bach s title surge. Local Roundup in Hanau coach . Knox. A Soldier stationed in Frankfurt says his Hawks will upset the panthers. We re a two to underdog but we Hutc a hard Brand of football for  frosty Francis executive director of the International association of approved basketball officials will conduct two army officials clinics at Heidelberg s Patlon Barracks gym. The clinics will be held oct. 16-18 and oct. 21-23. About 80 officials from Belgium Italy and Germany arc expected to attend. The oct. 16-18 clinic will Host officials from v corps Berlin Heidelberg As Chat Funburg Stuttgart Heilbronn Schweinfurt and Wuerzburg. The second clinic will be attended by representatives of 21st support come. 7th army training come setae Augsburg. Bad Tolz Gorp Pingon Munich Ansbach ecu Ulm Bamburg and Nuernberg. Wrestling Vince Zuaro four time olympic official and head of the . Wrestling foundation and Floyd Winter All time inter Scricc mat titlist will conduct a coaches and officials clinic monday through oct. 5 at Heidelberg s Patton Barracks  120 coaches and officials from Italy Belgium and Germany Are expected for the freestyle and Greco roman clinic. Usa eur clinic instruction concludes with Greco roman Competition at 3 . Next Friday. Freestyle wrestling is scheduled the next Day with the first match starting at 11 . Boxing wild Flecken will Host a smoker at 4 . Oct. 12. Weigh ins will be held from 10 . Until noon. Entry fee for spectators is $1 or three  smoker is open to All military Box ers. Call Jim Ragasa at european Tele phone system 326-3652 for More information. Pafch s youth association kicking up a soccer storm by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart you May find a Cou ple of soccer teams on most bases some times  among soccer playing american children in Europe Patch Barracks seems to be the Center of the universe. The base in the Stuttgart suburb of Vai Hingen is Home to 28 youth association teams 35 percent of Allya teams in six area military communities. It s a non Contact sport it s cheap to outfit 15 players on a team. It does t require As much skill from the child said Jerry Goss Patch Booster club president. Explaining the sport s  other us. Communities also have Many teams. Heidelberg has 29. And soc cer predominates at Ramsten a. Where 400 players compete on 24 teams. Other bases support up to two dozen teams each. Heidelberg draws players from a Pool of3,000 school age children however and the other communities each have 2,000 or More. The Patch Barracks population u much Ean Emmer o Anear the base. Some children come from other bases that have no soccer  most Are local. Patch soccer also thrives in the absence of a a football pro Gram which was discontinued. The base s perennially High level of soc cer interest has not gone unnoticed. Patch u pretty much the focal Point of soccer said Paul Jerome a sports director for Southern european task Force communities in Italy. I think there Are few who would dispute  we Are very proud of our program said Sam Sakar ofis director of the 26th support group a program in Heidel Berg but he professed respect and Admira Tion for Patch s  officials said parents enthusiastic support is the key element in the successor their All Volunteer program. One coach s. Houston Hancs said volunteers workout the bugs before the season begins and parents have realistic expectations. It has none of the drawbacks of  Hanes said. You Don t get the pres sure of parents who remember How they , some spectators get too enthusiastic according to Patch a director Cindy Hanchett we try to ask the parents not to coach from the sidelines Hanchett said. It does t always work. They get  players like soccer for their own reasons. John Kerwin 6, said the Best Parton the game is falling  Heather Nixon also 6, cites its Thor Putic value. "1pretend the Ball is my  Samantha Schuck 6, said her Mother sparked her interest and that Drew a laugh from her Mother. She s been beg Ging me All year to play this game said British born Beverly Schuck adding that Samantha bought her coach a whistle for his birthday and then she ordered him to Wear  Hanchett traced soccer s local popularity to several sources. As Neucom head quarters. Patch has Many career officer who probably have worked in places where the sport is popular. They Are More Likely to have children of soccer playing age than Short term enlisted troops. Parents also find the sport inexpensive and com pared to football Safe. Soccer interest at Patch extends beyond the youth teams Hanchett said. Some Patch dependents play on German team during the off season. The Patch High school team is thriving and an adult Tea known As the Ben Gay bums also has haunted the Field in recent years. Patch players rarely play at other  would be too expensive to transport those kids All Over. And they get just Asgood Competition in House really said Hansheu. The a soccer teams Are stratified int five age divisions accepting boys and girls from 6 to 19 years old. After the two month season officials pick All Star teams in each age division for tournament play. The Baden  tournament winners Progress to the Vii corps tournament and the winners of that to the Usa eur tournament. Patch teams have won the Middle Divi Sion Usa eur championship each year since 1981. Said a former league commissioner Robert Sands. Patch s upper age division team took third place in the Usa eur tournament last year and Patch s second oldest group team won the Baden  title. But Post season Competition is supposed to be of secondary importance Han Chilt said. We try to play Down winning she said. It s More of a learning teaching league. Everybody is required to play a certain number of minutes regardless of skill  an sports television boxing wac middleweight Jose Quinones is. Curtis Parker 4 . Sat urday. Radio baseball Kansas City royals at Minnesota twins 2 30 . Saturday